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12 Nov 1913
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1913
Page
1
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Delegates from fourteen nations attended the safety at sea conference with delegates including Dele and other officials to discuss maritime safety measures and international cooperation.
Delegates from fourteen nations gather in London for the International Conference on Safety at Sea. The talks focus on lifeboats crew efficiency fire suppression wireless equipment and radio operating rules after lessons from the Titanic and Volturno disasters. The United States plans to lead with proposals, including new lifeboat release devices and stringent radio requirements for passenger ships and cargo vessels.
Mrs August Belmont heads a nationwide drive by the Society for the Prevention of Useless Giving urging thoughtful, noncompulsory presents. Attendees include District Attorney Whitman and Francis Crowninshield as speakers.
The article stresses the need for efficient crews on all passenger steamships and requires adequate fire fighting appliances. It calls for systematic drills to train crews in using the equipment.
London Nov 12 Lady Randolph Churchill christened the new dreadnought Benbow at Dalmuir. Her son Winston Churchill First Lord of the Admiralty attended. The 25 000 ton vessel is touted as highly powerful. Thousands witnessed the launch with cheering crowds.
Administrative records show ongoing consideration of late debt issues. No amendments are sempear. the document references ante flour in relation to the financial review process.
Baton Rouge Nov 12 bankers from across the state advised the constitutional convention committees on bonds and debt refinancing. The finance and wastewater panels moved toward favorable reports while the style committee struggled reaching article 118 of the proposed 41 article constitution.
The Times-Democrat notes several bills, led by Gov Hall and T K Flournoy, proposing serial bonds over fifty years secured by a one mill tax. Interest capped at 4 1/2 percent, with the State Board of Liquidation empowered on details. Other proposals from W O Hart and lawmakers shape the debt plan.
Mr. Flournoy outlines a plan to issue serial bonds at 4 1/2 percent, use excess from rising assessments to retire debt, offer new bonds in exchange or cash, and issue one-year certificates of indebtedness tied to unsold bonds. He argues the approach could retire state debt in 28 to 50 years under varying assessment growth, avoiding certificates if market sales at par succeed.
Delegates gather in Benton Harbor for the Michigan State Sunday School Association annual convention. Reports show gains in Sabbath schools and membership across the state. The event continues through Friday with speakers led by Mrs. Foster Bryner and Marion Lawrence of the international association.
Associated Press reports Cleveland residents optimistic as clear weather ends blizzard hardships. Factories closed and food scarce, but traffic avenues are expected to reopen and relief to follow.
A report from the conference with Venustiano Carranza hints at possible recognition of rebel authorities. The situation centers on Mexican political moves and potential shifts in recognition by opposing factions.
Washington reports say Willem Bayard Hale, President Wilson's aide, met with General Carranza and his cabinet in Nogales to discuss the Mexican constitutionalist movement. Officials view the talks as an early U S move showing interest and potential recognition signals. Hale's dispatches are expected to inform official policy.
A band of rebels massacred five Federal officers and nine men at Musquitz Coahuila after a fierce fight. The Federals were overpowered when their last cartridge was gone and had been offered safety if they surrendered.
Washington reports state that President Wilson's Cabinet endorses his push to remove Provisional President Huerta to restore constitutional government in Mexico. A two hour meeting weighed options on arms embargo and diplomacy with foreign governments, with officials citing possible Huerta collapse and closer state to foreign communications.
Secretary Bryan outlines U S aims to deter Huerta by pressuring foreign powers to withdraw support and interrupt financial aid to his regime. Washington expects a Wilson statement clarifying purposes as Huerta’s position on elections and congress draws global scrutiny. Also, a $50 000 federal livestock experiment appropriation for Louisiana sugar planters seeks state cooperation of 500 acres of land.
New Orleans hosts the twentieth annual United Daughters of the Confederacy convention with delegates from the South and beyond. Plans for a Shiloh battlefield monument with 50 000 dollars raised, and a fund for needy Confederate Veterans widows, are pending reports. The election for president general centers on Mrs Daisy McLaurin Stevens of Mississippi and Mrs Nathan Ella of Virginia.
Multiple towns were reported destroyed and feared to have killed many residents after a powerful earthquake. Authorities warned of ongoing aftershocks as rescue teams searched collapsed structures for survivors and confirmed casualties.
Reports say ten towns were destroyed in an earthquake in the Peruvian province of Aymarara with 120 bodies recovered and hundreds feared dead. Government prepares for homeless relief as disaster crews search wreckage. In Canada, storm losses include seven bodies from the schooner Charles S. Prige and the freighter James Carruthers reportedly lost on the Great Lakes with confusion over a vessel found upside down and potential collision with the Regina.
Fred Childers a 23 year old man in the Calhoun area shot John Simpson a neighbor around 1 PM after a long running dispute. Sheriff reports show Simpson injured but not yet confirmed dead. Childers was taken to Monroe by his father and turned over to Sheriff Parker after the incident.
Chicago reports the nerve blocking method of anesthesia demonstrated at the Clinical Congress of Surgeons of North America. Dr Harris performed several major abdominal operations while patients remained conscious. The technique injects anesthetic near nerve trunks to suspend sensation and is said to reduce surgical shock. About three thousand surgeons attended the congress.
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